diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 434461ea8..0293316a3 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
 - SVN
+  - change:  integrated OWServer/OWDevice nonblocking and random start
+             time patches (justme1968 & Boris)
   - feature: Add new module Dashboard
   - feature: Add new module ONKYO_AVR
   - feature: SYSSTAT: allow (remote) monitoring via snmp, support
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/10_OWServer.pm b/fhem/FHEM/10_OWServer.pm
index fe9b6e82d..7a9868595 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/10_OWServer.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/10_OWServer.pm
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ OWServer_Read($@)
   if(AttrVal($hash->{NAME},"nonblocking",undef) && $init_done) {
     $hash->{".path"}= $path;
     pipe(READER,WRITER);
+    #READER->autoflush(1);
     WRITER->autoflush(1);
 
     my $pid= fork;
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ OWServer_Read($@)
       return undef;
     }
 
-    InternalTimer(gettimeofday()+20, "OWServer_TimeoutChild", $pid, 0);
+    InternalTimer(gettimeofday()+10, "OWServer_TimeoutChild", $pid, 0);
     if($pid == 0) {
       close READER;
       $ret= OWNet::read($hash->{DEF},$path);
@@ -277,8 +278,21 @@ OWServer_Read($@)
 
     Log3 $hash, 5, "OWServer child ID for reading '$path' is $pid";
     close WRITER;
-    chomp($ret= <READER>);
+    # http://forum.fhem.de/index.php/topic,16945.0/topicseen.html#msg110673
+    my ($rout,$rin, $eout,$ein) = ('','', '','');
+    vec($rin, fileno(READER),  1) = 1;
+    $ein = $rin;
+    my $nfound = select($rout=$rin, undef, $eout=$ein, 4);
+    if( $nfound ) {
+      chomp($ret= <READER>);
+      RemoveInternalTimer($pid);
+    } else {
+      Log3 undef, 1, "OWServer: read timeout for child $pid";
+      $hash->{READ_FAILED} = 0 if( !$hash->{READ_FAILED} );
+      $hash->{READ_FAILED}++;
+    }
     close READER;
+
   } else {
     $ret= $hash->{fhem}{owserver}->read($path);
     $ret =~ s/^\s+//g if(defined($ret));
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/11_OWDevice.pm b/fhem/FHEM/11_OWDevice.pm
index d7e37149f..3fef1116a 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/11_OWDevice.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/11_OWDevice.pm
@@ -508,9 +508,10 @@ OWDevice_UpdateValues($) {
           readingsEndUpdate($hash,1);
         }
         RemoveInternalTimer($hash);
-        InternalTimer(int(gettimeofday())+$hash->{fhem}{interval}, "OWDevice_UpdateValues", $hash, 0)
-          if(defined($hash->{fhem}{interval}));
-
+        # http://forum.fhem.de/index.php/topic,16945.0/topicseen.html#msg110673
+        InternalTimer(int(gettimeofday())+$hash->{fhem}{rand}+$hash->{fhem}{interval}, 
+          "OWDevice_UpdateValues", $hash, 0) if(defined($hash->{fhem}{interval}));
+        $hash->{fhem}{rand} = 0;
 }
 
 ###################################
@@ -653,9 +654,13 @@ OWDevice_Define($$)
         Log3 $name, 5, "$name: alerting: $alerting";
 
         if( $init_done ) {
+          $hash->{fhem}{rand} = 0;
           delete $modules{OWDevice}{NotifyFn};
           OWDevice_InitValues($hash);
           OWDevice_UpdateValues($hash) if(defined($hash->{fhem}{interval}));
+        } else {
+          $hash->{fhem}{rand} = int(rand(20));
+          Log3 $name, 5, "$name: initial delay: $hash->{fhem}{rand}";
         }
 
         return undef;